Halo, there are plenty of people who like Kinect, the controller, they're friends are alreday on it, simple preferences as to why they chose the xbox over the ps4. Neither is right or wrong and unless you could afford both, go with what you know and like. It's hard to debate with someone on one bubble though...
I think for Nintendo as long as they get back to profitabilty they'll probably consider the Wii U not a faliure but a miss. I'm sure they'll look at what they learned from going into the HD/online era and possibly try and reinvent themselves. Unless there's a complete change in philosophy, Nintendo will never go into the heavy tech/power house console level. I'm sure whatever they'll end up doing is different, will benefite them greatly from a 1st party perspective....
Definitely, and it's not that the market has shrunk. Quite the opposite, even though we would never compare the likes of a PS4/Xb1 to the tablet/phone/Ouya/and now Amazon console(s) the video game market has expanded 10x fold. Competition for the mass market is extremely competitive. I think we'll see numbers closer to the GC/XBox/PS2 generation... unless this gen goes for a 7-10 year cycle.
you might know this then, is there any way to just go in and request friends on the fly in like mario kart 8? I think that is the piece I'm really missing in (at the least Wii U) online structure. I like it in Halo or CoD/BF you can just send a friend request on the fly on either XBLive or PSN.
That's such a tough question, especially to those of us who've been playing since the 80s. Between, LofZ, SM3, SMW, LofZLTP, FFIII, FFVII, CrashBand 2, SM64, LofZOoT, GoW2, GTAVC, Halo2, BioShock, Fallout, UC2, it's hard to choose. But I guess if I had to it would be OoT, that is by far the game I gone back to the most.
(I just realized I like a lot of sequels... interesting)
Wow, that was one of my biggest hang ups on their entire online ecosystem, nice work. Now figure out a way to do a way with friend codes, then you got yourself a really decent online service Nintendo. Can't complain too much as it is a free service though...
@hollywoodla where do you pull this numbers from "1/3rd of the handheld market" or " losing 30% of their net value" you don't give actual sources to your comments then argue to others about "nonsensical crap." If YOU did some research or at least provided sources... I think people may take you more seriously, or then again, probably not.
Why? Outside the gaming aspects the Kinect works pretty well.
They're all still trying to figure out why they can't buy Mario 8 for the Wii.
Completely agree, I think the gaming media and as recent owners of the next-gen consoles, we built this game up to be bigger than what it could ever delievery. We're all searching for that defining next-gen game 6-8 months into the this generation's cycle.
Please don't use Vgchartz or Amazon as sales indicater, just use NPD.
I believe Xbox sells more software here in the US according to the latest NPD.
Edit: I was speaking in terms of totals not just for May.
@Foxtrot i agree in with the notion he's stubborn and fixated on the "mass appeal" business practice, but I just don't see Nintendo taking the route of a PS or Xbox and trying to appeal with gamers on more mature/presentational/graphics heavy games. If they were to change managment switch to a more tech heavy, produce Bloodbourne like games, I think it would take several generations for gamers to even view Nintendo back as a hard core market, it would be like Disney switchi...
Who's controlling the puppet? He's the president... board and investors want him to completely different things.
The guy knows how to make money, and bottomline, that's what its all about.
@randomass171 I think it's a generational thing, there's more and more journalist (i use that term loosely) that grew up mostly under the Playstation brand so opinions will be a little skewed. Nothing wrong with that, but it is what it is. Nintendo and Playstation games couldn't be any different fundamenatly, PS focuses on presentation/experience, while Nintendo focuses on gameplay/all audience games. It's like those of us who grew up liking comics/games/movies, my parents ...
Maybe (hopefully), if they miss another estimated sold amount for a fiscal year, I can almost guarantee they'll move in a different direction. Their board is diffinitely on edge right now, and want/need signs of profits to come in soon.
Biggest console blunder ever between the wii u and xbox one? I can think of about a dozen other better examples; there's along list that inclues atari, sega, and phillips. Now current generation blunder... would Ouya count?
How are movies and games the same type of experience? If they charged a $1 an hour and I finish a $30-40 game in 10-15 hours, how does any one make any money?
@mikeslemonade I'm not going to PM you... I already know how the "arguement" is going to go. There are pros and cons to both systems, I'm simply saying if someone has x amount to spend they will go with preferences, not always blind fanboy stubborness.
A true gamer will look at the games, not the branding, not company history, nor the sheer specs of one system to the next. They will look at a system and say, "I want to play Halo, but I also want to UC...